It is interesting to note that some of these products that are having patches released are not affected by the vulnerability. Microsoft has added a note to these systems with “Severity ratings do not apply to this update because the vulnerability discussed in this bulletin does not affect this software. However, as a defense-in-depth measure to protect against any possible new vectors identified in the future, Microsoft recommends that customers of this software apply this security update.”

Murphy’s law: It is better to be safe than sorry.

Tuesday will also mark the scheduled quarterly update from Adobe for Reader and Acrobat. Adobe released their advanced notification today. Versions 9.3.1 and 8.2.1 will be patched to fix critical security issues. Adobe typcially does not state how many or what issues are fixed. We will have to wait until Tuesday to find out.

As with any patch Tuesday, keep an eye out for other vendors who join in on this patch release day. (We are looking at you Java 5).